You are the APPLE of God's eye

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Today two bushels of apples were given to people passing by on Main Street as part of the September Fitchburg First Thursday celebration. The apples were handed out to people walking and riding bike, motorcycles, cars, and trucks. Our Outreach committee made the decision to give something away without looking for a donation. It proved to be a great idea getting many smiles, thank you's, and even some God bless you's.

It's amazing isn't it that people are so accustomed to people wanting something...that everything must have some sort of a catch...that people were skeptical. It was just an apple after all. But people were impressed with the simple generosity. A couple of people even asked what time our Sunday worship service is.

This sort of an event is often termed servant evangelism. My question is what if Faith United Parish did this once a month? What if the buzz around town was about those crazy people from Faith United Parish who give stuff away and do kind things to others. Might people want to part of such a caring yet subversive community of believers. And might they not come to see Jesus Christ in whose name our generosity and love for everyone is found.